Anthony Tarver can solely see one path to victory for Edgar Berlanga in opposition to unified tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez on September 14th on the T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas.
The Bivol Blueprint
The retired former unified mild heavyweight champion Tarver says that until Canelo dramatically slows down for this battle, Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) will lose of their headliner, reside on DAZN PPV.
Berlanga, 27, has the facility, youth, and measurement benefit over Canelo (61-2-2, 39 KOs). He’s going to need to implement a number of the issues that Dmitry Bivol confirmed in his win over Canelo in 2022. Bivol used in-and-out assaults to dominate Canelo, profitable a 12-round choice.
Berlanga doesn’t possess that type of boxing expertise, but when he can mimic the model simply sufficient, he would possibly have the ability to win. The realm of concern for Berlanga is his capacity to take the arduous photographs that Canelo shall be hitting him with. He was damage in his battle in opposition to Marcelo Conceres, struggling in opposition to Steve Rolls, Roamer Alexis Angulo, and Jason Quigley.
Berlanga regarded improved in his final battle in opposition to Padraig McCrory in February, knocking him out within the sixth spherical. Nonetheless, it’s unclear if that was a case of his opponent being pedestrian-level.
Canelo’s Slowing Down Might be Key
“Except Canelo slows down tremendously earlier than the battle, I don’t see how Berlanga can win,” mentioned boxing pundit Antonio Tarver to the Combat Hub TV YouTube channel, discussing the September 14th conflict between unified tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez and Edgar Berlanga.
Canelo took plenty of photographs in his final battle in Might in opposition to Jaime Munguia and didn’t look nice within the second half of the competition when he slowed down. He fought nicely by the primary 5 rounds however gassed out after dropping Munguia.
“I don’t see him taking these photographs, and I don’t see him standing as much as these photographs. If he can do this, possibly he can final. I don’t know,” Tarver continued. “However what’s Berlanga going to shoot at Canelo that’s going to unnerve him? I don’t see it, however I’ve been fallacious earlier than.
“I hope Berlanga places on the most effective present that he can. I hope he performs at his greatest, however I don’t assume it’ll be sufficient to dethrone Canelo,” mentioned Tarver.
Berlanga’s Finest Hope: An Explosive Begin
Berlanga will certainly come to battle and be trying to tear Canelo’s head off from the primary spherical. He’s bought to begin quick, the best way he was doing when he scored 16 consecutive first-round knockouts at first of his profession.
Berlanga is a significantly better fighter when he jumps on his opponents from the get-go than what he’s proven in his latest fights the place he’s making an attempt to field and never wanting snug.
